High severity · published Sep 29, 2021
CVE-2021-28547
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Creative Cloud Desktop Application · Adobe
through 5.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
CC
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Adobe
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28547
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28547
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
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